I live in a rural suburb (is there such thing?), situated relatively near the seaside. Our village is about a 40 minute drive from a large city, so its perfect. We're close enough for shopping and far enough for peace

I live in the midwestern U.S. in a university town of about 30,000 people. Lots of people in town, and especially in my neighborhood, work for the university. My neighborhood would be classified as middle to upper middle class. There are tons of kids in my neighborhood. Here are some names that repeat more than once in our area: